For National Skincare Awareness Month, Ashara Collie is sharing her journey of being diagnosed and living with discoid lupus – a type of lupus that affects the skin and often causes round, disc-shaped ...

Caroline McLean, 32, of Atlanta, was working for Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) in Washington, DC, when she was diagnosed with lupus in 2011. “I was a young, single professional,” she says. “I didn’t want ...

Dermatologists long reluctant to tackle cutaneous lupus erythematosus may be more open to treating patients with approvals ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with lupus skin disease had similar survival rates and flares as those without skin manifestations. Due ...

ROSEMONT, Ill., April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medications for lupus — a long-term autoimmune disease that occurs when a person’s immune system attacks different parts of their body, including ...

A marijuana-like compound holds out promise as a new treatment for a severe autoimmune skin disease called skin lupus, according to a study published recently by a multicenter team including ...

Lupus or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disorder that can involve a few or all organs. That includes the skin as well. Most common and most severe is that of the butterfly rash, ...

Lupus diagnoses are rising, especially among young women. Experts explain why cases are increasing, why symptoms are often ...

Self-care, structured exercise, and reliable medication adherence help stabilize systemic lupus erythematosus and reduce long-term complications.

People with lupus often need to use medicine to manage their symptoms. Although there are many oral medicines that treat lupus, some people with moderate to severe lupus may not get enough benefit ...

When people talk about “lupus,” they usually mean systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most common type. But there are several other types and subtypes, some of which can overlap. Lupus is a ...